Category: Running

Running Updates Sunday July 16 – Saturday July 22– Clare: 20.5 km (20)– Estelle: ?km (0)– Imran: 0 km (10)– Leila: 45 km (50)– Melina: ?km 33.5km (15)– Mr. T: ?km 70.5 km (50)– Paul: 28km (25)– Sutha: 10 km I am back to updating our mileage on a weekly basis because I am back … Continue reading Running Updates Sunday July 16 – Saturday July 22

Sunday July 9 – Saturday July 15I am going to use a new format for reporting the mileage. The number between brackets is your goal the number not in brackets is your actual weekly mileage as you reported it. – Clare: 11.7 km (20)– Estelle: ? (0)– Imran: 0 km (10)– Leila: 40 km (50)– … Continue reading Sunday July 9 – Saturday July 15

I am so sorry I have not kept up with all the mileage updates. You have all been quite the patient team. This is an update covering June 18 to July 8. Please email me any correction for your mileage. It just feels crappy to record mileage for the team when you are doing zero … Continue reading Running Updates June 18 – July 8, 2006

It starts on July 24! I keep dreaming of doing Badwater – this is a sign that running is going to keep its tangled hands around my mangled body for years to come! Badwater Ultramarathon on July 24-26, 2006. A true "challenge of the champions," this legendary foot race pits approximately up to 90 of … Continue reading Badwater or what dreams are made of

I love road running. Another 15 km yesterday. Very very very hot outside. I am fascinated by road running. Give me a road and a pair of shoes! I am looking forward to my 50 km this week. The temperatures in Toronto are out of this world!I saw a Greyhound bus heading to Whitehorse (Yukon) … Continue reading Mileage

From Rob Hyndman a running article in the NYT and some interesting nuggets: The optimum temperature for a fast marathon is about 54 degrees. Running times slow by one minute or more with every seven degrees above that, because it becomes more difficult for the body to cool itself. When it is humid, sweat does … Continue reading Running, running

…and you thought I talked too much about running, now you wait and see because I have a new camera and it is a little slim baby of a camera. So now like new parents showing off their baby (yuk!), you will get pictures galore of running shoes, vistas, sweat and much much more because … Continue reading New camera

The Triple Tahoe Team: From left to right, Paul, Leila, Mr. T This is it. We are all registered for the Triple Tahoe (madness). I am not sure how I plan to finish 3 marathons in 3 days on an injured knee but hey trying is half the battle already. I need to remember what … Continue reading Triple Tahoe

The running numbers for Sunday June 11 – Saturday June 17 are in: – Clare: 21 km– Estelle: 0 km– Imran: ?km– Leila: 0 km– Melina: ? 10 km– Mr. T: 50km– Paul: 28 km– Sutha: 0 km I have been quite delinquent in recording our running numbers since my knee injury. Things slowed down … Continue reading Running June 11 – 17, 2006

My good friend Warren sent me this today: There is a tide in the affairs of men,           Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;           Omitted, all the voyage of their life           Is bound in shallows and in miseries.         … Continue reading Back running